The military is looking to deliver one big punch that will end the occupation of Marawi City by local terrorists who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in Iraq and Syria. ADVERTISEMENTTerrorists containedFierce fighting between government troops and the terrorists enters its seventh week on Tuesday with the terrorists believed to have been contained in a square-kilometer pocket of the city. An Army officer told the Inquirer on Sunday that some MILF men were fighting alongside the Maute and Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Marawi. “We know we are fighting not only Maute and Abu Sayyaf but also MILF. We also know that there were MILF in last year’s fighting in Butig (Lanao del Sur province),” the Army officer said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 02, 2017 21:00 UTC